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secular adj.— «In Wall Street parlance, a very long period of falling or, at best, sideways-moving stock prices is termed a “secular” bear market. And there have been some doozies in relatively recent U.S. history...
crashing up n.— «This week’s jump in stock prices could be a “last gasp” of a four-month rally. “Old-timers used to have a term for a day like this,” he said. “They called it ’crashing up.’” Part of the recent rally was caused by...